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Just use metric.?ÿ Whit most DCs switching between US feet / Meters / Int Feet is just a button push away. ?ÿ Like John, I use metric for just about e...
Thanks for the tip.?ÿ I've been using the Seco cradle for RX series (part 5198-086).?ÿ It works but its to short to drill in the stylus holder.?ÿ I mi...
Setting the ends and running a rag tape or marked rope is definitely the way to go.?ÿ The flag-shooter type systems look good on paper but unless your...
From my experience, not that I do a lot of land development work, the exterior boundary is monumented prior to recording of the plat.?ÿ Then once mass...
Going the post monumentation route, setting the interior pins after construction, should eliminate the need for resets do to construction activity.?ÿ ...
Eli, I stand corrected.?ÿ In the 29 years I've been surveying in Oregon I don't think I've every set anything but 5/8"x30" iron rods, unless they hit ...
Whilst on a glaciology expedition it was decided that because of my size I would be able to hump a T-2 around the ice for a summer.?ÿ I liked it so wh...
FYI, That is an old, and I mean really old, version of the statute.?ÿ Since I can remember the Oregon requirements for subdivision or partition plat c...
Lately I've had a couple of similar calls sans the as-built bit.?ÿ It seems to be a trend.?ÿ An engineer I know keeps using the statewide LiDAR data a...
BS in Geographic Science with a dual interest in cartography and geomorphology here.?ÿ Lots of digital cartography (prior to GIS), photogrammetry and ...
Are you still looking for the IIe?
Squowse, If your still looking for info on outputting to liscad email me at jputnam'at'oriongeomatics'dot'com, I'm finally back in town.?ÿ The bottom ...
I've had success using my Bosch 36v rotor-hammer for this purpose.?ÿ I have a couple of chisel tips for mine that do a good job in asphalt and gravel....
I'm on holiday for another week, but do have a format file I created years ago to do just what your talking about.?ÿ Basically, you need to create a G...
I don't think that the lack of DC apps is based on current storage capacities but rather, as others have said, on return on investment.?ÿ Most DCs don...
Shooting through glass will give you a faulty position due to refraction.?ÿ While it is routinely done on monitoring project, it works because we are ...
Aliquot, Of those 11 fatalities, how many were solo??ÿ How many were just driving to or from the job site??ÿ I'm not saying that field can not be dang...
I've been solo for over 20 years now.?ÿ Even when I ran several crews, they were primarily solo.?ÿ On the rare occasion I will add a second person to ...
Sounds to me like you need to take it in for servicing.?ÿ After 19 years it deserves a day at the spa.
I spend a lot of time in hotels.?ÿ The only problem I have with the GSA lodging rate is that it does not account for taxes.?ÿ In some areas that can a...